Sash-holder for street-car windows



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. I; N. W. SHERMAN.

SASH HOLDER FOR STREET GAR WINDOWS.

No. 277,793. Patented May 15,1883.

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I. N. WALTER SHERMAN, OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS.

SASl-l-HOL.D ER FOR STREET-CAR wmoows,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 277,793, dated May 15, 1883.

Application filed December S), 1882.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, I. N. WALTER SHER- MAN, of Des Plaines, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for WVin- (low-Sashes in Omnibuses and Street-Railway (Jars, Of which the following is an exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, in which-- Figure 1 represents a vertical cross-section of an omnibus-window; Fig. 2, a plan section on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 0000, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a rear elevation of one of the fastening devices. Fig. 4 shows a plan view, on the same scale, of one of the angle-pieces; Fig. 5, a plan view of one of the-corner-pieces, on the same scale. a

My invention relates to devices which have for their object'the securing of sashes when in the desired position, so as to prevent them from rattling, and also to prevent the windowglass from breaking in iomnibuses and streetcars when the groove in the framein which the sash slides is wider at the point where the bottom of the window rests when closed than at the top of the frame; and it consists of a metal device having at one or both ends thereof holes for the insertion of thumb-screws, which thumb-screws have at the inner or screw end thereof a loose circular washer fastened loosely to the end of said screw by means of I an ordinary screw.

an omnibus window-frame, as shown in Fig. 1.

a is the upper point of such groove.

a represents a point or shoulder in the groove where the bottom of the window rests when closed, the remainder of such groove being below the window and back of the omnibus-seat,in which the window slides when low- (No modeLl ered, this part of said groove being of uniform width, and .into which the window-sash-fits closely. 4

13 represents an omnibus or street-car window-sash, which is shown as closed in Fig. 1 and fastened at a by means ofmy device. My device is of metal, preferably of brass, and in which 0 in the drawings represents that part of my device which contains the hereinafterdescribed angle-pieces, and which is secured to the frame adjacent to or between the windows of the car or omnibus.

D D are thumb-screws; E are washers secured loosely to the end of the thumbscrews at cl by means of an ordinary small screw, I), passing through a circular conical aperture in the center of .the washer, and into the end of the thumb-screw D, the end of the thumbscrew pressing against the washer and tightening the sash, as hereinafter shown.

O is cast in one piece, and consists of a back or connecting and securing device, I), for securing my deviceto the frame,and angle-pieces c, which may he one, as shown in Fig. 5, where there is only one window to be secured; or there may be two angle-pieces, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. At the side of the omnibus, and where the window-frames are adjacent to each other, and in the same plane, the anglepicces c are at right angles to b, as shown in Fig. 2, while at the corners of the vehicle, where the corner-windows are at right angles to each other, the angle-pieces 0, instead of projecting forward at right angles with b, are turned back and form an obtuse angle with the part b, the device being so formed as to secure the window at the end and on the side. This form of my device is shown in Fig. 4.

Usually I intend that my device shall be so constructed that each device shall secure or fasten two windows, as shown in Fig. 2; but at the ends of the omnibus, or where there is only one window, one thumb-screw only is required, as shown in Fig. 5. My device is secured to the frame F between the windows, as shown in Fig. 2, in the inside of the vehicle, at the upper part of the frame F and near point a in Fig. 1, by means of screws b. The device 0 is of sufficient length to allow the connecting part b and the anglepieces c to exactly fit the face and two sides of the frame F, the anglepieces extending on each side far enough to alvIO low thethumb-screws D to work freely against the window-sash B when "desired. The manner of fastening my device to the frame F and the manner of tightening the window-sash B by means of the thumb-screw and washers is shown in Fig. 2.

It is obvious that at the corners where the also be more liable to break. By means of my device, when the window is raised, the window is readilymadetightbyturning the thumbscrews D, and thereby pressing the loose washer E against the window-sash. The peculiar construction and attachment of my washer is a valuable element in my device, as

by this construction the paint is not rubbed off, nor is there any breaking or indentation of the sash.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv In a fastening device. for omnibus-windows and street-cars, a fastening device composed of angle-pieces and connecting part in one piece, in combination with thumb-screws and washer, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

I. N. WALTER SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

A. M. BEsT, I W. O. OoRLIEs. 

